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Iranian activists condemn execution of wrestler

Many activists have spoken out against the execution of wrestler Navid Afkari.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Sep 14, 2020
A woman holds a portrait of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari during a demonstration on the Dam Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on September 13, 2020, against its execution in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz and against the Iranian government. - Iran said it executed wrestler Navid Afkari, 27, on September 12, 2020 at a prison in the southern city of Shiraz over the murder of a public sector worker during anti-government protests in August 2018. Reports published abroad say Afkari was condemned on the
A woman holds a portrait of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari during a demonstration on the Dam Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on September 13, 2020, against his execution in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz. — EVERT ELZINGA/ANP/AFP via Getty Images

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